Philadelphia 2020 General Election Mail Ballot Data
Updated Periodically: Last Updated September 16, 2020
These data reflect all mailed ballot requests in PA, including “mail in ballots” and “absentee ballots”.
Will be updated with information about ballots sent and returned when the data become available.
Total Mail Ballot Applications:
266,999
Registered Voters Requesting Ballots:
24.86%
Demographic Breakdown
Census and precinct data are combined to explore relationships between race and mail ballots in Philadelphia. Precincts are grouped into the 341 precincts with the highest percentages of a race/ethnicity. The average ballot request percentage reflects the number of ballot requests out of registered voters in these homogeneous precincts.
Average Mail Ballot Request Percentage:
- Highly Black Precincts: 21.14%
- Highly Hispanic Precincts: 16.17%
- Highly White Precincts: 30.04%
Based on correlations:
- Precincts with higher percentages of Black, Hispanic, and 18-24 aged voters are correlated with fewer mail ballot requests.
- Precincts with higher percentages of white and Asian voters are correlated with more mail ballot requests.
The data are subject to change as more requests are processed.
The graph below shows the weekly change in ballot request rates from precincts with the highest percentages of a race/ethnicy in Philadelphia County.
Map of Mail Ballots by Precinct
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